It was an odd performance. In running through his routine, he can still project the poise and charm that caused so many to project their best fantasies on him. You want him to succeed, and from there it's easy to convince yourself of a lot of counterfactual things. But as rhhardin said, the barbs in his jokes are always aimed elsewhere and even for those who once shared that tingle down the leg (here's looking at you, Ann), the fading charm just doesn't quite work anymore.

"rhhardin said...Obama manages to do self-deprecating humor without being self-deprecating.

Which means without being funny."

I don't see the "self deprecating" as none of it was about him, with the exception of maybe he looks have grown older. But even that was meant to show how hard he is working. The rest was rips on others...Romney, the SS, etc.

The optics of these shindigs never seem to bother the invitees. High unemployment, 30 more soldiers killed in Afghanistan this month, enormous fed govt debt and yet the Hollywood crowd and the Beltway media party on.

Romney should promise he will cancel these types of events until the troops are home and unemployment is at 5% or lower and the Senate has passed a budget.

I hate the way this has turned into a big party for the rich lefties in our country- the president, the press, and Hollywood.The press too dearly loves inviting the stars who love Obama. It will be such a let down for them if Mitt wins. How will your lowly correspondent get to pal around with all these stars then? You notice Clooney didn't invite a newsie as his +1 to the Oscars.

I thought this was extremely distasteful. It had sexual connotations about Sarah Palin.. I also was disgusted by the Hillary Clinton drunk texting jokes. She is SoS. What does this do for us internationally?

But then, Obama's not too worried about riling up Al Qaeda by bragging about bin Laden's death so I guess everything's just fine.

I don't think BO swings that way if you follow my drift. It reminds me of the old adage "a good lawyer is someone who can lie in court and make it sound like the truth, and tell the truth at cocktail parties and make it sound like lies".

I thought this was extremely distasteful. It had sexual connotations about Sarah Palin.. I also was disgusted by the Hillary Clinton drunk texting jokes. She is SoS. What does this do for us internationally?